Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Angolaites gregoryi, Subschloenbachia gregoryi
Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1922. On Cretaceous Ammonoidea from Angola, collected by Professor J. W. Gregory, D.Sc., F.R.S. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 53:91-160
Belongs to Mortoniceras (Angolaites) according to W. J. Kennedy et al. 1998
See also Cooper and Kennedy 1979, Reyment 1955 and Spath 1922
Sister taxa: Mortoniceras (Angolaites) drakei, Mortoniceras (Angolaites) simplex, Mortoniceras (Angolaites) wintoni, Drakeoceras dellense
Type specimen: BMNH C.20066, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (3 collections), Nigeria (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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